Perniciousness

"perniciousness" with which they were reproached was nothing else but their opposition to the established polytheism; and this view of the matter was just such an one as might be expected to occur to a mind which held the sect in too much contempt to concern itself about the grounds and reasons of their conduct. ❋ William Paley (1774)

And he objected to long-term public debts in part because they bound more than one generation, a doctrine which Hamilton rightly attacked for its “perniciousness and absurdity.” ❋ Unknown (2010)

Eventually, Eco gets to the literary heritage of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, and how that fiction's perniciousness was reinforced by fitting a pre-existing narrative pattern that had wormed its way into popular consciousness. ❋ Matthew Guerrieri (2009)

His book develops into a sustained polemic about the perniciousness of the British class system. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Scenes of extreme mourning for Kim in the streets of Pyongyang again brought home the perniciousness of lies in such regimes, as I was reminded of Mao Zedong's death 35 years earlier. ❋ Rowena Xiaoqing He (2011)

But I'd imagine none of this fits with the narrative of Blairite disloyalty and perniciousness Milne had decided upon before he began writing his column. ❋ Unknown (2011)

See now the perniciousness of the claim that the anti-Ahmadi law represent "democratic discourse"? ❋ Unknown (2010)

Adding to the perniciousness of tempting kids with toys is the use of promotions that have kids coming back to "collect them all." ❋ Unknown (2010)

Certainly, Tebow's broad shoulders don't bear the whole burden of advertising's latent perniciousness. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But its troubles have also brought out the dime-store Jeremiahs declaiming on the perniciousness of "derivatives." ❋ Unknown (2010)

British Prime Minister Disraeli used to refer to "lies, damn lies and statistics", perhaps in escalating order of perniciousness. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I've also had the pleasure of talking with Dr. Ted Baehr, who strikes me as completely sincere about his mission, if a tad overenthusiastic about "scientific studies" that prove the perniciousness of certain movie content. ❋ Unknown (2009)

No patience with anybody who doesn't understand the genuine perniciousness of anti-gay bigotry. ❋ Unknown (2009)